November 14, 2013 / Local & State

STAFF WRITER McConnellsburg Borough Council held a public hearing last Wednesday evening on a request by Jason Ritchey, owner-proprietor of Lincoln Way Pizza, to have a wine and beer license owned by Clem and Jana Malot transferred to his resta More...

Judge Shawn D. Meyers of the 39th Judicial District and the Fulton/Franklin County Court of Common Pleas presided over a court session held at the Fulton County Courthouse on Tuesday, November 5. More...

Want to be the host with the most this holiday season? Holiday entertaining can be particularly tricky, as everything has to be just right. But you don’t have to let it stress you out, say experts. More...

Pennsylvania students are invited to depict aviation’s importance to public safety by participating in the annual 2014 Aviation Art Contest. The contest theme, “Flying Saves Lives,” aims to illustrate how aircraft can transpor More...

Progress on a public-private partnership (P3) to quickly replace hundreds of structurally deficient bridges continued as PennDOT hosted an industry forum to educate potential, privatesector stakeholders on the project’s scope and requirements.& More...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Heroin-related overdoses jumped nearly 250 percent between 2010 and 2012 in Philadelphia and, depending on how they are measured, slightly more in Montgomery County. In Kentucky, they quadrupled in just one year. More...

The Area Agency on Aging has been contacted by older persons regarding letters they have received from the Senior Advisory Center” stating that the center will assist in the completion of their property tax and rent rebate application for a fee More...

Activities at Hustontown Senior Center for the month of November are as follows: November 19: entertainment by “Old Friends” at 11 a.m. November 20: Thanksgiving dinner (call early for reservations). November 21: blood p More...

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, southcentral PA communities, families, businesses, schools and churches are putting gratitude in action and celebrating their blessings by giving back. More...

McConnellsburg Elementary School is sponsoring an Arts in Education program hosting Nancy J. Walker and Jeff Savage (Danza Antiqua), AIE Rostered Artists, for 10 days between October 21 and November 25, 2013. More...

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW PITTSBURGH (AP) – Klein Michael Thaxton was an ex-soldier and armed carjacker from McKeesport participating in an Allegheny County Veterans Court rehabilitation program when he brought Downtown Pittsburgh to a ha More...

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Natural gas maps show considerable reserves beneath Pittsburgh, but that’s where they’ll stay, at least for the time being. The Pittsburgh Post- Gazette reported Sunday that the reddest spot on a heat map of More...

The following deeds were recorded at the local courthouse during the past week. State tax stamps affixed to deeds indicate one percent of the purchase price or of the fair market value. James F. Chesnut and Alice M. More...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A man who opened fire on a car crowded with teenagers, killing three of them, has been found guilty of first-de- gree murder by a Philadelphia jury. WCAU-TV reports prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty against More...